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But not Nixon.
He’s sitting there.
Waiting.
As if he can feel me, he looks up, a tortured expression on his face.
I storm to my locker, tossing the duffle bag in front of it as I rip my shirt over my head.
“Did you…”
“No,” I bite back, grabbing my pads and jersey and quickly putting them on.
“Shit. Prescott, I…”
“Don’t.” Closing the locker, I turn to face my best friend. “Just because I agree with you doesn’t mean I’m okay with you treating her the way you did today.”
Nixon runs his fingers through his hair, his hand shaking. “She won’t listen. I told her…”
I shake my head. “I can’t do this. Not right now.”
I look away, finishing putting the last of my equipment on, but I can still feel Nixon’s gaze on mine.
“What do you need?”
I run my fingers through my hair, chuckling humorlessly at the question. What do I need? “Not to feel.” With that, I grab my helmet and go toward the door.
* * *
JADE
“You sure you don’t want to eat anything?” Rei asks once again, startling me out of my thoughts.
I force out a smile. “I’m not really hungry.”
The last thing I want is to worry my friends. I’ve done enough of that already, but damn, I’m worried that if I eat anything, I’d throw up right here and now.
“Are you okay? You seem off.”
“Is it the whole cancellation thing?” Grace asks, joining us from the kitchen and sitting in the armchair next to mine.
“No,” I shake my head. “It was just a misunderstanding. She’ll call me with another appointment soon.”
If I ever make a decision on what to do with this pregnancy.
Fucking pregnancy.
I guess it wasn’t strange I missed the signs, not with everything else going on right now. But it still surprised the hell out of me.
I’m pregnant with Prescott Wentworth’s baby.
The irony of it isn’t lost on me.
I thought about telling my friends what had happened today. But what would be the point? So I came up with a silly excuse about a mix-up and my treatment being postponed. I had two people already looking at me like I was crazy, and maybe, justmaybe, they were right, but I couldn’t add more people and opinions to the mix. I couldn’t give more reasons for my friends to look at me with pity in their eyes. I just couldn’t.
“Yeah, I know.” I rub the back of my neck. “I’m just tired, and it’s been a long day. I think I might go and lie down early.”
“Okay,” Rei places her hand on my knee and gives it a quick squeeze before letting go. “But if you need anything just holler.”
